(a) A household participating in the CityFHEPS Program under this subchapter may not move to a new residence and maintain eligibility for the CityFHEPS Program except with the approval of the Commissioner. The household must obtain such approval prior to moving to a new residence, provided that the Commissioner may consider a request for approval made after the move if a household is unable to obtain such approval prior to the move due to circumstances beyond the household's control.
(b) The Commissioner shall grant approval for a move if the household is moving from a room to an apartment, unless the household is breaking a lease for the room, in which case the household must establish either good cause for the move or that the landlord is willing to release the program participant from the lease. In all other situations, the Commissioner shall grant approval for a move from one residence to another residence only upon a showing by the household that there is good cause for the move. If the requested move is to a residence with a higher rent than the rent for the current residence, approval will also be subject to the availability of funding.
(c) If the Commissioner has approved a move to a new CityFHEPS unit, the Commissioner shall recalculate the monthly CityFHEPS rental assistance payment amount, and that amount shall not change for one year from the effective date of the rental agreement for the new CityFHEPS unit, except as provided in 68 RCNY § 10-09. If the effective date of the rental agreement for the new CityFHEPS unit is not more than ten months after the start of the household's current year of participation in the program, then the household's current year in the CityFHEPS Program shall begin anew on the effective date of such rental agreement. If the effective date of the rental agreement for the new residence is more than ten months after the start of the household's current year in the program and the household is eligible for renewal in the CityFHEPS Program, then the household's renewal period shall begin on the effective date of such rental agreement.
(Added City Record 9/28/2018, eff. 10/28/2018; amended City Record 10/28/2021, eff. 11/28/2021)